Rare Character Meets

Sometimes on a trip you will be lucky and meet a character that is rare and does not usually meet. This can happen at any of the parks but there are a few locations where it is more likely to happen.

The first is at Character Palozza at Hollywood Studios, this event is not listed in the times guide and pops up in different places around the parl. You have a brief opportunity to meet a few characters during a certain time. In May 2015 I tried it out when it took place near the Tower of Terror, the day I went all the characters were ones that meet in the parks daily.

The second location is at Character Trainings at Epcot. These happen near the American pavilion and are not announced but may happen close to special events.

Below is a surprise meet that I had with Mrs. Bunny (Thumper's wife from Bambi). She was outside the old location of the Lion King Theater at Camp Minnie and Mickey. She was not on the list of characters meeting. Now you can only see Mrs. Bunny in the Easter parade at the Magic Kingdom.

Pooh and friends used to meet at the Landing to the right on Discovery Island, as of April 2015 they are not meeting there but this is a good location for a character meet since you have to walk down a trail before coming to the meet. Since it was well hidden lines for this meet were usually not long. This is a great meet spot.

In 2011 we met Lilo and Stitch were meeting inside Animal Kingdom, thet were meeting near the former walkway to get to Camp Minnie and Mickey.

Animal Kingdom used to have characters greeting guests outside of the entrance. Over the course of a few years we had met Brier Bear, Baloo, Meeko, Rafiki,Terk, and others out there. This still happens but now Rafiki, Chip and Dale meet here at opening before moving to their usual meet spots.

At the Magic Kingdom you see a lot a turnover with the outside meets in the Town Square area. Snow White and Dopey met here currently in the past it was Pooh and Tigger. I was luck enough to meet Clarabelle Cow and Horace while they were out in 2007.

The third spot in the Magic Kingdom that used to have a lot of character meets was outside of Pirates of the Caribbean. Peter Pan and Wendy used to meet there as well as Captain Hook and Mr. Smee. Captain Hook was always one of my favorite meets since he was so fun. During one of these pictures he tried to get into my bag to "steal" some treasure.

The area near the bathrooms by the Guest Service area and the terrance to the Town Square Theater have hosted many meets over the years. We have met Pooh and Tigger, Snow White and Dopey, and a few others. We happened to meet Suzy and Perla there in 2007. These ladies are sweet, we also met them in Disneyland. In early 2016 they have been seen at the Magic Kingdom.

​In Hollywood Studios in 2015 and 2016 there is lots of changes to make way for the Star Wars Land and the Pixar expansion. Many meets have closed recently including Baymax and Hiro (Baymax is meeting at Epcot solo now), the Incredibles and Frozone, and soon Lighting McQueen & Mater and Phineas & Ferb. Since the Incredibles meet closes they can been seen at the Tomorrowland Dance party. Their meet was always fun. Frozone can not be found anywhere in the park.

​Mike and Sully used to meet near the Backlot Tour in Hollywood Studios but their meet closed in April 2016. They are no longer meeting in the parks.

Duffy, Mickey's stuffed bear, used to meet at the gazabo at World Showcase. He stopped meeting in the parks in October 2015.

Epcot used to have more character meets in the countries in World Showcase. Beast and Marie both used to meet in France as did Aurora. Now Belle is the only character who meets there.

At Disney World sometimes characters meet at Disney hotels. In Agust 2016 as part of the DVC 25th Anniversary they were having character pop-up meets at hotels. At Animal Kingdom Lodge Jambo House I met Brier Bear. My friends went to meet Pooh. Pluto and Stitch were also present. During the Christmas Holidays resorts also have characters in special holiday attire, this sometimes happens around Easter as well.